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Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective

The humorous case files of a not-so-super sleuth

Anyone can be a detective—as long as he has postage and a little bit of gumption. That’s all it takes to make it at the Rising Sun Detective Agency Correspondence School, and it’s a good thing because Philo Gubb never met a mystery he could solve on purpose.

Whether puzzling over the nature of a hard-boiled egg or trying to grasp the true value of a two-cent stamp, Philo Gubb never fails to underwhelm. His disguises may be dismal and his speech may be uncouth, but there is no denying his persistence and his good-natured disposition. Somehow or another, he always cracks the case—just don’t ask him to explain how he did it.

Combining laugh-out-laud satire and scintillating suspense, Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective is an early masterpiece of the mystery genre.

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Ellis Butler

Ellis Butler (1869–1937) was a prolific American author. Over forty years as a professional writer, he published more than two thousand stories, the best known of which is the comic saga “Pigs Is Pigs.” His most famous series character was the correspondence school detective Philo Gubb.